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- Quick, M E (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 378. OCLC 931112387. - ↑ Williamson, Kenneth G. (10 September 2018). "Fatal Accident at Steele Road Station". Railway Work, Life & Death. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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